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Micrelenchus
Sign in to saveMicrelenchus is a genus of small sea snails that have shells with pearly interiors and an operculum. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.
Species
Red Opal Top Shell
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTrochidae
Habitatmarine
Observations256
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 54
- Family
- Trochidae
- Collections
- PRI, DMNH, NHMUK, AUM, AM, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Australia
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Micrelenchus is a genus of small sea snails that have shells with pearly interiors and an operculum. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.
This genus is only known to occur in New Zealand.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Micrelenchus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.